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like a girl, how could I do otherwise? She seemed to get an especial bang out of my little matter-of-fact statements that supported my feelings that a person should not be blamed because he may have an effinity for both masculinity and femininity. I am sure she felt they could be combined successfully in the one life.

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I actually felt a little odd when Helen called me about 5 PM Saturday night to remind me of my invitation to go to Church with her Sunday. I did not ask if I was to go as a man or as a woman but just assumed that she meant for me to appear as a woman. Sunday found me dressed in a winter white sheer wool and the usual acces- sories. I stopped by her house and found she was also dressed quite conservatively. To all appearances we were only two good looking girls going to Church. service was good and I felt very happy when she intro- duced me to the minister on the way out as Janet Blade a new found friend. We went on to a fashionable restau- rant for dinner and then for a little ride afterward. It was then that she got pensive and her eyes got a little dreamy. She said, "Janet, do you know that I do not know what you look like or even if you have any male clothes or even for sure that you are male! I don't ob- ject to you this way and I think I like the lark of it all but I think I should know all your facets if I am to know you much better, don't you?"

Since she seemed so nice and could readily be the "one" I might like to spend the rest of my life with, I could see that she had a point. Still I did like this as- signment for the Blade and savored almost every minute of it. I found myself wondering how my male imperson- ation might be for a change. I told her that I would like to see her and I would dress as a man on next Tuesday night, the night Fred and Rog had off. I thought I would try to get them to don masculine clothing and see if they could return to their masculine selves without effort.

Needless to say, Tuesday was a good night and I found Helen liked my maleself well enough but I could see her comparing my two selves. On the way home that night I asked her what she thought about it. She stated that she preferred my Janet self better but that she felt that she was quite safe and would willingly date either. This made

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